Friday, September 26, 2025
- Words
- 53
- Points
- 196
- Genius
- 137
- Pangram
- 1
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agar
noun — A gelatinous material obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
noun — A culture medium based on this material.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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agog
adjective — In eager desire, eager, astir.
adverb — In a state of high anticipation, excitement, or interest.
adjective — (chiefly of eyes) Wide open.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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agora
noun — A place for gathering.
noun — Since 1960, a monetary unit and coin of Israel, the 100th part of a shekel / sheqel.
noun — A marketplace, especially in Classical Greece.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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alga
noun — Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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algal
noun — An alga.
adjective — Pertaining to, or like, algae
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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aloha
noun — Good wishes, love.
interjection — Expressing good wishes when greeting or parting from someone; hello; goodbye.
noun — An utterance of aloha (see Interjection, below).
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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amalgam
noun — An alloy containing mercury.
verb — To amalgamate.
noun — A combination of different things.
noun — One of the ingredients in an alloy.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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ammo
noun — Ammunition.
verb — To load up on ammunition.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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gaga
adjective — Mentally senile.
noun — A variant of dodgeball played inside a fenced area, usually a hexagon or octagon.
adjective — Crazy.
adjective — Infatuated.
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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gala
noun — Pomp, show, or festivity.
adjective — Celebratory; festive.
noun — A member of an androgynous class of priests of the Sumerian goddess Inanna.
noun — A showy and festive party.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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gall
noun — Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.
verb — To bother or trouble.
noun — A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, especially that of the common oak gall wasp Cynips quercusfolii.
verb — To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.
noun — The gall bladder.
noun — Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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gamma
noun — The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ).
noun — A nonlinear operation used to encode and decode luminance or tristimulus values in video or still image systems.
noun — The Gamma function, symbolized by Γ.
noun — A constant approximately equal to 0.55721566, symbolized by γ (also known as the Euler–Mascheroni constant).
noun — A non-SI unit of measure of magnetic flux density, equal to 1 nT.
noun — (industries) slope of log-log plot of video input and luminance output.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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glam
noun — Glamour.
verb — To make glamorous or more glamorous.
adjective — Glamorous.
noun — A style of rock music, glam rock, associated with an androgynous yet masculine look and a driving, pounding bluesy form of psychedelic rock; the fashion and culture associated with this genre.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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glamor
noun — Originally, enchantment; magic charm; especially, the effect of a spell that causes one to see objects in a form that differs from reality, typically to make filthy, ugly, or repulsive things seems beauteous.
verb — To enchant; to bewitch.
noun — Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal).
noun — Any excitement, appeal, or attractiveness associated with a person, place, or thing; that which makes something appealing.
noun — Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, or person, through which it or they appear delusively magnified or glorified.
noun — A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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goal
noun — A result that one is attempting to achieve.
verb — To score a goal.
noun — In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.
noun — The act of placing the object into the goal.
noun — A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.
noun — A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct object of an active verb. Also called a patient, target, or undergoer.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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gram
noun — A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g
noun — A leguminous plant grown for its seeds, especially the chickpea.
noun — Grandmother
adjective — Angry
noun — A photograph or video shared on this service.
noun — The seeds of these plants.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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gramma
noun — Grandmother
noun — A variety of pumpkin, a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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grammar
noun — A system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language.
verb — To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.
noun — The study of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the use of words in the construction of phrases and sentences (syntax).
noun — A book describing the rules of grammar of a language.
noun — A formal system specifying the syntax of a language.
noun — Actual or presumed prescriptive notions about the correct use of a language.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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halal
verb — To make halal.
adjective — Permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do.
adverb — In a halal manner; in accordance with Muslim religious customs.
adjective — (of food) Fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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hall
noun — A corridor; a hallway.
noun — A meeting room.
noun — A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion).
noun — A building providing student accommodation at a university.
noun — The principal room of a secular medieval building.
noun — Cleared passageway through a crowd, as for dancing.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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halo
noun — A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
verb — To encircle with a halo.
noun — A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.
noun — Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
noun — Nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
noun — The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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haram
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harm
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hoar
noun — A white or greyish-white colour.
verb — To become mouldy or musty.
adjective — Of a white or greyish-white colour.
noun — Hoariness; antiquity.
adjective — Hoarily bearded.
adjective — Musty; mouldy; stale.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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hologram
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hora
noun — A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide.
noun — A branch of traditional Indian astrology, dealing with the finer points of predictive methods.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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lama
noun — A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
noun — A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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largo
noun — A very slow tempo
adjective — Strong and stately
noun — A musical piece or movement in such a tempo
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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llama
noun — A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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loam
noun — A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
verb — To cover, smear, or fill with loam.
adjective — Made of loam; consisting of loam.
noun — A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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logogram
noun — A character or symbol that represents a word or phrase.
noun — A kind of word puzzle: a logogriph.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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magma
noun — The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.
noun — A basic algebraic structure consisting of a set equipped with a single binary operation.
noun — Any soft doughy mass.
noun — The residuum after expressing the juice from fruits.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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mall
noun — A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
verb — To beat with a mall, or mallet; to beat with something heavy; to bruise
noun — An enclosed shopping centre.
noun — An alley where the game of pall mall was played.
noun — A public walk; a level shaded walk, a promenade.
noun — A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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mama
noun — (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.
Appeared in 27 recorded puzzles.
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mamma
noun — The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder. (plural: mammae)
noun — (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.
noun — An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera
Appeared in 27 recorded puzzles.
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mammal
noun — An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and feeding milk to its young.
noun — A vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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mammogram
noun — An X-ray picture of the breasts (mammaries), used to screen for breast cancer.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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momma
noun — Mother
noun — A voluptuous woman.
noun — One's wife or girlfriend.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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moola
noun — Money, cash.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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moolah
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oral
adjective — Spoken rather than written.
adjective — Relating to the mouth.
noun — Oral sex.
noun — A spoken test or examination, particularly in a language class.
noun — A physical examination of the mouth.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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raga
noun — Any of various melodic forms used in Indian classical music, or a piece of music composed in such a form.
noun — Passion, love, lust.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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roar
noun — A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open.
verb — To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
verb — To laugh in a particularly loud manner.
noun — A loud resounding noise.
verb — Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.
verb — Of animals (especially the lion), to make a loud deep noise.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- aa×1
- ag×3
- al×4
- am×3
- ar×2
- ga×4
- gl×2
- go×1
- gr×3
- ha×5
- ho×4
- la×2
- ll×1
- lo×2
- ma×7
- mo×5
- or×1
- ra×1
- ro×2
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | · | · | 13 |
| g | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | · | · | 10 |
| h | 5 | 2 | 1 | · | 1 | · | 9 |
| l | 2 | 2 | · | · | 1 | · | 5 |
| m | 3 | 6 | 2 | · | · | 1 | 12 |
| o | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| r | 3 | · | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| Σ | 24 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 53 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 137 points of 196 available. The average answer runs 4.9 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 18634 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a ● | Wednesday, September 24, 2025 | Saturday, September 20, 2025 |
| g | Thursday, September 25, 2025 | Wednesday, September 3, 2025 |
| h | Monday, September 22, 2025 | Tuesday, July 22, 2025 |
| l | Wednesday, September 24, 2025 | Wednesday, August 27, 2025 |
| m | Wednesday, September 24, 2025 | Wednesday, September 24, 2025 |
| o | Thursday, September 25, 2025 | Sunday, September 14, 2025 |
| r | Thursday, September 25, 2025 | Wednesday, September 10, 2025 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 44
- naan 33
- nana 33
- onion 31
- toot 29
- loll 29
- mama 27
- mamma 27
- nene 25
- cocoon 24
- acacia 24
- acai 24
- loon 24
- olio 24
- imam 23
- maim 23
- cancan 23
- canna 23
- mini 23
- minim 23
- neon 23
- none 23
- aria 22
- mitt 22
- bill 22
Valid words the Bee rejected
Dictionary words the Bee never takes
Legitimate words (per the ENABLE list) that fit the letters but aren't official answers — usually judged too obscure.
- aarrgh
- aarrghh
- agama
- aggro
- agha
- agma
- alamo
- alar
- algor
- alma
- almah
- amah
- argal
- argala
- argol
- galago
- galah
- gama
- gaol
- gloam
- gooral
- goral
- graal
- graham
- grama
- grogram
- haar
- haha
- halala
- halalah
- hallah
- hallo
- halloa
- halloo
- halm
- halma
- hamal
- hammal
- harl
- holla
- holloa
- horah
- horal
- lahar
- lall
- loral
- maar
- malar
- malaroma
- malm
- marl
- marram
- mola
- molal
- mollah
- mora
- ogam
- ogham
- olla
- orra